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The Negro Speaks of Rivers

by Hughes, Langston & Lewis, Earl

The famous poem, taken from The collected poems of Langston Hughes (c1994), illustrated with watercolors.

Night Boat to Freedom

by Raven, Margot Theis & Lewis, Earl

At the request of his fellow slave Granny Judith, Christmas John risks his life to take runaways across a river from Kentucky to Ohio. Based on slave narrative...

Happy Feet

The Savoy Ballroom Lindy Hoppers and Me

by Michelson, Richard & Lewis, Earl

A young boy who loves to dance listens as his father retells the story of the night he was born, which coincided with the opening of the Savoy Ballroom in Harl...

Joe-Joe's first flight

by Tarpley, Natasha & Lewis, Earl

Forbidden to fly because of their color, Joe-Joe and the men who clean and repair airplanes in the 1920s are so discouraged that the moon cannot even shine, un...

Joe-Joe's First Flight

by Tarpley, Natasha & Lewis, Earl

Forbidden to fly because of their color, Joe-Joe and the men who clean and repair airplanes in the 1920s are so discouraged that the moon cannot even shine, un...

The Other Side

by Woodson, Jacqueline & Lewis, Earl

Two girls, one white and one black, gradually get to know each other as they sit on the fence that divides their town.

Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys

by Howard, Elizabeth Fitzgerald & Lewis, Earl

In the post-Civil War South, a young African American girl is determined to prove that she can go to school just like her older brothers.

Dirt on Their Skirts

The Story of the Young Women Who Won the World Championship

by Rappaport, Doreen & Callan, Lyndall & Lewis, Earl

Margaret experiences the excitement of watching the 1946 championship game of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League as it goes into extra innings.

The magic tree

a folktale from Nigeria

by Echewa, T. Obinkaram & Lewis, Earl

Although Mbi, an orphan boy, is constantly asked to "do this" and "do that" by his many unkind relatives until a special tree grows, just for him.

The Magic Tree

A Folktale from Nigeria

by Echewa, T. Obinkaram & Lewis, Earl

Although Mbi, an orphan boy, is constantly asked to "do this" and "do that" by his many unkind relatives until a special tree grows, just for him.